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marcottage Hort.|mɑːkɒˈtɑːʒ, mɑːˈkɒtɪdʒ|
Also marcotting.
[Fr. marcottage layering.]
A method of propagating trees or shrubs in which a ring of bark is removed from a branch, and the wound covered with a thick layer of soil, moss, etc., into which new roots grow, before the plant is cut from its parent. Hence (as a back-formation) marcot, the wound from which new roots grow, or the new plant is formed. Also as v. intr., to use this method of propagation.
1926F. M. Esguerra in Philippine Agriculturist XV. 63 Marcottage is the term applied to the process of reproduction by which a branch of a plant is ‘girdled’ and wrapped with soil or other media in order to induce rooting while still attached to the mother plant. A marcot is the branch so treated... Planting marcots instead of seeds has several advantages. Ibid. 64 Time for marcotting. It is preferable to marcot during the rainy season. 1934[see air-layering (air n.1 B. II)]. 1955R. C. M. Wright Plant Propagation xv. 99 ‘Air layering’, ‘Chinese layering’ or ‘marcotting’ is believed to have been used by gardeners for thousands of years. 1958R. J. Garner Grafter's Handbk. (rev. ed.) iii. 60 Marcotting..is variously known as air layering, Chinese layering, circumposition, or, in India and elsewhere, as gootee. Ibid., An ingenious method of securing a continuous supply is to suspend a vessel containing water above the marcot. 1959Hartmann & Kester Plant Propagation xiv. 406 The ancient Chinese gootee or marcottage method consists of plastering a ball of clay or other soil mixture about the ring or girdle, which is then covered with moss or fiber. 1969Gloss. for Landscape Work (B.S.I.) v. 12 Marcotting. A form of air layering in which a soil-based rooting medium is used. |